Chapter1: Ecological Civilizations Guide to Construction of Beautiful Zhejiang -- Chapter2: Development of Ecologial Economy for Energy Conservation and Environment Protection -- Chapter3: Environment Protection of the Beautiful Ecology -- Chapter4: Heritage of Ecological Culture - “Nature and...

This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than USD 30 billion to its client countries. It also spends approximately USD 200 million on the provision of...

What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...